I'd agree with Seth here, but would add that Bussy's book is nothing more than anecdotal, and does not reveal anything of worth to the average Kraftwerk fan. But then again, not being able to interview either Ralf or Florian doesn't help much when it comes to original material. Flur's book is amusing, but I couldn't help but get the feeling that he was just gutted when they got rid of him. Perhaps what all the books do is help carry on their own enigmatic myth.
----- Original Message ----- From: seth redmond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [313] kraftwerk bookies? > I'm surprised by this. Personally I couldn't agree less. I thought the book > was pretty lacking in all departments. the research is pretty lazy with most > details being rehashed from previous interviews, and Barr does his best to > suggest that Kraftwerk single-handedly created all modern music (with > occasional assistance from Bowie). Whilst the book's remit might have meant > he was preaching to the converted I found it all a little tiresome. I fact > this argument (which I'm just dying to believe anyway) would have been all > the more convincing if he'd actually bothered to look into the contemporary > work which also stimulated these genres rather than basically shouting > 'Numbers!', 'Autobahn!', 'Very Influential!' ad infinitum. > > I understand Barr has worked for the NME in the past, and to be honest this > is what "From Dusseldorf..." reminded me of, the same poorly argued > sensationalism over and over again. In my opinion it wastes a great subject > and I came away from the book a bit pissed off that I'd wasted my time on it > at all. > > I'm in the minority here, but I'd advise you to steer well clear... great > title though. > > -s > > > > > > Tim Barr's book is superb - he's one of the UK's finest > > > > electronic music journalists without a doubt and I highly > > > > recommend his Kraftwerk book... > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
